Category: News

The results of the 2023 Executive Board Elections were announced last night at the 2023 Annual General Meeting! You can learn more about the board members here.

The New Zealand Game Developers Association and the US Mission to Aotearoa New Zealand are partnering together to create Koia Jam, a game jam competition devised to stimulate New Zealand […]

The NZGDA invites applications to attend a free workshop on virtual production with international DP Mike Berlucchi on the set of ‘Our Flag Means Death‘, in Auckland on Saturday 26 […]

We are pleased to introduce the nominees for the 2022/2023 NZGDA Executive Board! Below you will find information on each candidate (these bios are also available as a PDF: 2022/2023 […]

Are you a community minded game developer who wants to grow New Zealand’s game development sector? Then consider standing for the 2021/2022 New Zealand Game Developers Association board! The NZGDA […]

Chelsea Rapp, Chairperson, NZ Game Developers Association Over the last few months the NZGDA has been talking with the Government to respond to aggressive Australian incentives, which threaten to halt […]

This Article was wirtten by the University of Canterbury, click here for the original source. At an event celebrating the conclusion of the New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA) Conference […]

Two become one VR powerhouse as M Theory and Oddboy merge to form Mighty Eyes! The two companies behind the acclaimed game Wanderer have officially joined forces to become Mighty […]

Last month, our industry Selection Judges had the difficult task of whittling this year’s Kiwi Game Starter entrants down to just three finalists. Now that the final round of judging […]

Three finalists spots go to Out of Sight, Undeadly, and Warrior Chef

“We started with just three of us in a flat in Lower Hutt, and we’ve grown it to a company that earns tens of millions of dollars and creates hundreds […]

Our annual New Zealand Game Developers Conference is back and better than ever!  We’re planning an in-person event that will mark the “coming back together” of our community after some […]

We would like to tell you about some important changes taking place here at the New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA). From 1st June 2022 we will move to a […]

via Surprise Launch in Indie World Showcase! Mini Motorways, the minimalist strategy traffic management sim with over four million players from developer Dinosaur Polo Club, revs its engine to reveal […]

Even for members of the general public who may be unfamiliar with the name Niantic, you can guarantee they will know their technology very, very well… From the Keyhole product […]